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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2017

Variable Details

VariableUCREDIT
LabelReason for claiming Universal Credit
Responses
1 Unemployed and looking for work 128
2 Not working because you were sick, injured or disabled 35
3 Not working because of being a lone parent for a child under 22
4 Not working because of caring for someone who was sick or di 9
5 Working but entitled to Universal Credit on top of your earn 58
6 For some other reason 12
-9 Does not apply 88264
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2017
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly
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